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17/12/2014

New Years Blog Resolutions?

I am busy trying to think up new year’s resolutions for the blog, because I think it would be fun to see if I can keep them past 8th January. So far I have come up with: Learn to cook and share the horror stories with you guys to dispel the cookbook-perpetrated myth that you… Continue reading

December 2014, Dogs, Indifferent Ignorance

cooking, Indifferent Ignorance, make dog cuddling an Olympic sport, new year’s resolutions, sponsored blog posts, UKIP
22/03/2011

This One Isn’t a Five Minute Job, I Promise. There’s Links.

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(All Hail) Creation, Art, Colour, Food, Funny, Internet, March 2011, Music, My Chemical Romance (get a category), Paywall, Photogenius, Pure Insanity, Videos

Berlin, biscuits, cooking, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, Frank Iero, Gerard Way, Indifferent Ignorance, Jaffa Cakes, Jimmy Urine, Kitty, Lent, LynZ, marmalade, MCRmy, Mikey Way, Mindless Self Indulgence, MSI, Music, My Chemical Romance, Oreo, Planetary (GO!), Planetary video, Ray Toro, Steve Righ, stove, Tight, Tighter, Twix, video
15/11/2010

Sunday’s Achievement

Yesterday I made cookies that turned out like this: I think it’s safe to say that putting biscuit mix into a greased fairy cake tin, with the idea that the biscuits will emerge from the oven perfectly round, is a bit dim. I’ve been doing a lot of dim things lately. The… Continue reading

(All Hail) Creation, Colour, November 2010, Photogenius, Pure Insanity

baking, biscuit, broken glasses, cake, chicken pox, cookie, Cookie Cake, cooking, dim things, fairy cakes, food, glasses, Indifferent Ignorance, jewlery party, muffin, photographs, Twitter, weekend

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When I began this blog in 2009, I was a teenager. That’s why you’ll find some posts have been hidden behind a paywall. I was an incredibly different, less eloquent person when I was a teen, so if you want to read the thoughts of that teenager, you can join the No. 1 Readers’ Club for access.

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This blog continues to evolve with me. My favourite topics are books and reading, travel adventures, the extensive works of up and coming rock band My Chemical Romance and the occasional update about my life and work as an author and scriptwriter. I’m also interested in digital minimalism, how we can solve environmental issues and why it’s probably a better idea to make a cup of tea than it is to shout at people you disagree with.

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New Years Blog Resolutions?

This One Isn’t a Five Minute Job, I Promise. There’s Links.

Sunday’s Achievement